Polish Cinema for Beginners x Pride Month: "Leon"
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Klubokawiarnia Recepcja, Wrocław
10.06, 20:30
Free entry & ENG subtitles
The 2026 season of Polish Cinema for Beginners continues with a screening of “Leon” directed by Wojciech Gostomczyk, celebrating Pride Month!
We present to you a bold and intimate documentary portrait of one of the most uncompromising figures of Polish performance art.
ABOUT THE FILM
“Leon” follows the performance artist Leon Dziemaszkiewicz, whose radical, bodily-driven practice constantly pushes against the boundaries of social norms, stage performance, and personal identity. His work exists in a space where performance and life blur: intense, physical, often deliberately provocative.
At the centre of the film is not only Leon’s artistic output, but also his complex relationship with fashion legend Manfred Thierry Mugler, who becomes both a partner and a symbolic mirror of his creative ambitions. Their relationship reveals a shared obsession with transformation, spectacle, and the pursuit of artistic totality.
Gostomczyk’s documentary unfolds as a close, observational study of an artist in constant motion, negotiating visibility, vulnerability, and the cost of living life as permanent performance.
AFTER THE SCREENING
This time, we’re moving to a new venue: Klubokawiarnia Recepcja, where the whole team will be present, and we’ll be there to hear your thoughts and comments in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. No stage, no microphones — just a casual continuation of the conversation within the club 🙂
WHO ORGANISES IT?
Polish Cinema for Beginners is organised entirely in English, making it one of the first film initiatives in Poland designed especially for non-Polish speakers. The project invites both locals and internationals to discover Polish cinema together on the big screen.
Organised by Wrocławska Fundacja Filmowa.
Co-financed by the City of Wrocław and the Polish Film Institute (PISF).
10.06, 20:30
Free entry & ENG subtitles
The 2026 season of Polish Cinema for Beginners continues with a screening of “Leon” directed by Wojciech Gostomczyk, celebrating Pride Month!
We present to you a bold and intimate documentary portrait of one of the most uncompromising figures of Polish performance art.
ABOUT THE FILM
“Leon” follows the performance artist Leon Dziemaszkiewicz, whose radical, bodily-driven practice constantly pushes against the boundaries of social norms, stage performance, and personal identity. His work exists in a space where performance and life blur: intense, physical, often deliberately provocative.
At the centre of the film is not only Leon’s artistic output, but also his complex relationship with fashion legend Manfred Thierry Mugler, who becomes both a partner and a symbolic mirror of his creative ambitions. Their relationship reveals a shared obsession with transformation, spectacle, and the pursuit of artistic totality.
Gostomczyk’s documentary unfolds as a close, observational study of an artist in constant motion, negotiating visibility, vulnerability, and the cost of living life as permanent performance.
AFTER THE SCREENING
This time, we’re moving to a new venue: Klubokawiarnia Recepcja, where the whole team will be present, and we’ll be there to hear your thoughts and comments in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. No stage, no microphones — just a casual continuation of the conversation within the club 🙂
WHO ORGANISES IT?
Polish Cinema for Beginners is organised entirely in English, making it one of the first film initiatives in Poland designed especially for non-Polish speakers. The project invites both locals and internationals to discover Polish cinema together on the big screen.
Organised by Wrocławska Fundacja Filmowa.
Co-financed by the City of Wrocław and the Polish Film Institute (PISF).
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Where is it happening?
Klubokawiarnia Recepcja, ulica Ruska 46C, 50-079 Wrocław, Polska, Wroclaw, Poland
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Host or PublisherPolish Cinema for Beginners
